https://www.quora.com/Why-does-Wind...since-it-actively-prevents-disk-fragmentation ok, but it is prone to fragment, so MS we need a better FS,,,,
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Why does Windows still use NTFS? Why not ext4, the file system for Linux, since it actively prevents
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They already have a successor for NTFS called ReFS but at the moment it's still servers/enterprise only: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ReFS
Seems they're still having issues with it which is why it's not rolled out to Home/Pro yet.
Seems they're still having issues with it which is why it's not rolled out to Home/Pro yet.
Is fragmentation really that much of an issue though? I was 'in to' PCs for a good 10 years or so, building, tweaking, overclocking, gaming etc etc... and honestly, a fragmented hard drive vs a fragmented one provided zero difference in real world use. With SSDs now much the norm for any serious user, the performance of devices are way above what they were previously, with mechanical drives, so this non issue {imo of course) becomes less so.
If anything, seeing a nicely defragged drive is probably just a placebo, watching all those red blocks turn green, and all those empty spaces closed off.
If anything, seeing a nicely defragged drive is probably just a placebo, watching all those red blocks turn green, and all those empty spaces closed off.
To be completely honest, I dont worry about fragmentation anymore.
My C: is an SSD so even though its quite likely to be ridiculously fragmented, it does not matter a jot, and the D: is my Apps and Games Drive, E: is my Media drive and F: is my junk and everything else drive, and to be honest, I use O&O DeFrag and I have it set to do the Hard Disks once a fortnight and a quick peek showsone or two red dots on the whole lot, so fragmentation is a non issue.
If you are one of those people who likes to throw all their eggs into the one C: basket then you deserve everything thats coming to you, including the reality that the moment you finish defragging C:... It will need defragging soon again LOL
Only joking of course ( NOT! )
But seriously, a drive can get seriously messed up before it makes any actual real world difference... I have taken a piccie of a drive that I was sorting out for a friend, and his C: was actually 103% fragmented??? - 103???? I never thought that was even possible, but yeah, its a sea of red... Now that needed to be defragged, but... Sod it Im waffling.
My C: is an SSD so even though its quite likely to be ridiculously fragmented, it does not matter a jot, and the D: is my Apps and Games Drive, E: is my Media drive and F: is my junk and everything else drive, and to be honest, I use O&O DeFrag and I have it set to do the Hard Disks once a fortnight and a quick peek showsone or two red dots on the whole lot, so fragmentation is a non issue.
If you are one of those people who likes to throw all their eggs into the one C: basket then you deserve everything thats coming to you, including the reality that the moment you finish defragging C:... It will need defragging soon again LOL
Only joking of course ( NOT! )
But seriously, a drive can get seriously messed up before it makes any actual real world difference... I have taken a piccie of a drive that I was sorting out for a friend, and his C: was actually 103% fragmented??? - 103???? I never thought that was even possible, but yeah, its a sea of red... Now that needed to be defragged, but... Sod it Im waffling.